Mop and the like



oct. 11, A1927. 1,645,043

J. DIXON ET AL" `MOP AND THE LIKE Filed May 29, 1925 Patented ct. 11i, 1927.

@NITED STATES 1,645,043 PATENT oFFics.

JAMES nixoN AND Triones nixoN, or Ban-Nennswicx, ENGLAND.

MOP ANI) THE LIKE.

Application lediMiay 29, 1923, Serial No. 642,273, and in Great Britain October 24, 1922.

This invention has reference to mops and the like and has for its object to provide rmproved means of securing the heads or equivalent thereof to their handles.

According to this invention the material forming the head or equivalent of a mop or the like is looped through the bight or eye or hook of a U hook or similarly shaped member and is clamped therein against the end of the handle or a fitting thereon by the tightening up of said member by means of' a nut or equivalent.

In the accompanying .drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations at right angles to each other of a mop handle provided with one form of means constructed in accordance with the invention, for securing the mop head. Fig. 3 is a view similar to 1 partly in section, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view looking at the end of the handle.

Referring to the drawings, the mop handle 5 has mounted on it a metal sleeve 6, provided at its outer end with an annular flange 7 in which are formed diametrically opposite holes 8 (see Fig. 3). The sleeve 6 is formed on its interior surface with tapered longitudinal ribs 9 (Fig. 4) of V section which bite into the handle when the sleeve is driven thereon from the end and prevent the sleeve from rotating. The sleeve may be further secured by one or more screws 10.

Through the holes 8 pass the limbs 11 of a U-shaped member 12. The limbs 11 lie in longitudinal grooves 13 in the sleeve 6 so as to be flushV with the exterior thereof, and have their extremities 14 bent at right angles to co-act with the convolutions of a stout spiral spring 15 which is rotatably and slidably mounted on the sleeve 6, and thrusts against the flange 7 and so serves as a cam or nut to tighten up the U-shaped member 12, by drawing its bight towards the end of the handle 5, and to slacken the member and move the bight thereof, or allow same to be drawn, away from the end of the handle.

Pieces of cloth or other material to form the mop head are looped through the bight of the member 12 which isthen tightened up by means of the spring 15 during its rotation to firmly clamp the material against the end of the handle.

lVhat we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A mop comprising a handle having an abutment at the end thereof, a clamping member carried by the handle for movement toward and from the end thereof for clamping to the end the cleaning elements to be used, said member having a tongue projecting therefrom, and a helical spring rotatable on the handle and against said abutment, said tongue engaging with a turn of the spring so as to be resiliently cammed thereby, upon rotation of the spring, in a direction to draw the clamping member toward the end of the handle for resiliently anchoring the cleaning elements thereto.n

2. A mop comprising a handle stick, a

sleeve secured to an end of the handle and having upon its outer end a flange, a helical spring surrounding the sleeve and rotatable thereon against the end face of the flange, a U-shaped clamping member disposed upon the outer' face of the flange and having its 75 arms passing through the flange and supported for sliding movement lengthwise of the handle stick, said U-shaped member having the free ends of its arms bent to form tongues engaging between the turns of the helical spring so as to be cammed resiliently by the spring during the latters rotation in a direction to resiliently draw the U-shaped member toward the cleaning elements.

3. A mop comprising a handle stick, a sleeve secured upon one end thereof and having at its outer end a peripheral flange, a

clamping.member-.disposed atthe outer face 90 of the flange and having arms extending to the opposite face of the flange and along the sleeve so as to be guided for reciprocation lengthwise of the stick, said arms having lateral tongues thereon, a cam member rotatably mounted upon the sleeve and having a thrust engagement with the inner face of the flange and also having a cam surface running in a direction spirally and from end flange to clamp between said flange and member the 95 toend axially, said cam surface engaging ing on its outer periphery longitudinally extending slots in which the arms of the clamping member are guided in a direction lengthwise of the sleeverand ya' controlling member rotatably mounted on 'the sleeve and having a thrust against the inner face of the flange and acting upon the arms that pass along the sleeve to cam the latter lengthwise of the stick when the controlling member is rotated, whereby the clamping Leash/ia member -Will -be @drawn towartl the 'enel of the :stick to anchor the cleaning elements thereto. 10 In Witness whereof We have v.hereunto set our hantls.V

JAMES DIXON. THOMAS DIXON. 

